Surayati’s village is in a remote patch of land, 20km away from the nearest town. She has no access to basic needs like electricity. When night falls, she lights a small fire by burning palm kernels to provide light for her family. Blanketed by darkness, she contemplates why her life has remained unchanged and what…
https://globalpeace.org.my/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/GHD.mp4 Global Handwashing Day is observed every year on October 15th to spread awareness “about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives.” This year’s theme “Clean Hands – a recipe for health” seeks to remind everyone to practice washing hands before eating, meal…
It’ll only cost you 80 cents* to charge your mobile phone… for a year. That’s unbelievably cheap and a negligible expense. After all, what is 80 cents a year? What if I told you instead that it’ll cost you RM624 to charge your mobile phone for a year? On top of that, it’s going to…
![Ms. Nirmalah Thurai, Executive Director of Group Corporate Affairs, Nestlé Malaysia [left] with Dr Teh Su Thye, Chief Executive Officer of the Global Peace Foundation during the launch of the Safe Water, Safe Communities project, aimed at providing clean water to deserving communities.](https://globalpeace.org.my/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/DSC_5459-min-e1536895917349-625x416.jpg "Safe Water, Safe Communities Launch")
PETALING JAYA, 7 September 2018 – Global Peace Foundation Malaysia (Global Peace) and Nestlé Malaysia today joined hands to launch the Safe Water, Safe Communities project, aimed at providing clean water to underserved orang asli communities. The initiative will engage five villages in Tasik Chini, Pahang, to install water filtration systems that will provide clean water…
Nenek Jamilah is a Jakun orang asli living deep in the interiors of Pahang. Her husband has long passed away so she lives alone. Despite being in her 80s, she still works as a rubber tapper, earning RM60-70 every two weeks. She spent RM25 of her hard-earned money to buy a USB rechargeable lamp to…
In the deep jungles of Pahang, the orang asli live a life deprived of basic needs like clean water. Water poverty is an everyday peril to the community but for the women tasked with fetching water, it is a threat that is slowly eroding their identity as an orang asli, a mother, and a woman.…
Our WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) training is the educational component of our Communities Unite for Purewater (CUP) clean water initiative. In many rural orang asli villages in Malaysia, the scarcity of water, absence of proper sanitation, and poor hygiene habits have led to health issues like skin and waterborne diseases, and broader issues like…
Community Engagement Workshop The first few meetings with a village are critical for the success of our community development programme. It’s an opportunity for us to get to know one another, learn about their life, and start building relationship and trust with the people there. A good engagement would facilitate the community to get…